SEARCH FOR A CORRELATION BETWEEN ANTARES NEUTRINOS AND PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY UHECRs ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS

被引:9
作者
Adrian-Martinez, S. [1 ]
Al Samarai, I. [2 ]
Albert, A. [3 ]
Andre, M. [4 ]
Anghinolfi, M. [5 ]
Anton, G. [6 ]
Anvar, S. [7 ]
Ardid, M. [1 ]
Astraatmadja, T. [40 ]
Aubert, J-J. [2 ]
Baret, B. [8 ]
Basa, S. [9 ]
Beemster, L. J.
Bertin, V. [2 ]
Biagi, S. [10 ,11 ]
Bigongiari, C. [12 ]
Bogazzi, C.
Bou-Cabo, M. [1 ]
Bouhou, B. [8 ]
Bouwhuis, M. C.
Brunner, J. [2 ]
Busto, J. [2 ]
Camarena, F. [1 ]
Capone, A. [13 ,14 ]
Carloganu, C. [15 ]
Carminati, G. [10 ,11 ]
Carr, J. [2 ]
Cecchini, S. [10 ]
Charif, Z. [26 ]
Charvis, Ph [16 ,17 ]
Chiarusi, T. [10 ]
Circella, M. [18 ]
Coniglione, R. [19 ]
Core, L. [2 ]
Costantini, H. [2 ]
Coyle, P. [2 ]
Creusot, A. [8 ]
Curtil, C. [2 ]
De Bonis, G. [13 ,14 ]
Decowski, M. P.
Dekeyser, I. [20 ,21 ]
Deschamps, A. [16 ,17 ]
Distefano, C. [19 ]
Donzaud, C. [8 ,22 ]
Dornic, D. [2 ]
Dorosti, Q. [23 ]
Drouhin, D. [3 ]
Eberl, T. [6 ]
Emanuele, U. [12 ]
Enzenhoefer, A. [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gesti Integrada Zones Costanere IGIC, E-46730 Gandia, Spain
[2] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS IN2P3, F-13288 Marseille, France
[3] GRPHE Inst Univ Technol Colmar, F-68008 Colmar, France
[4] Tech Univ Catalonia, Lab Appl Bioacoust, E-08800 Barcelona, Spain
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[6] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[7] CEA Saclay, Direct Sci Mat, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Elect Detecteurs & Informat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[8] Univ Paris 07, APC Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol, UMR 7164, CNRS,CEA,Observatoire Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
[9] Pole Etoile, LAM, F-13388 Marseille 13, France
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[11] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[12] Univ Valencia, IFIC Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
[13] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[14] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[15] Univ Blaise Pascal, Clermont Univ, CNRS IN2P3, Phys Corpusculaire Lab, F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France
[16] Geoazur Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS INSU, Observ Cote Azur, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[17] Univ Paris 06, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[18] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[19] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, LNS, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[20] CNRS INSU, COM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[21] Univ Mediterranee, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[22] Univ Paris Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France
[23] Univ Groningen, KVI, NL-9747 AA Groningen, Netherlands
[24] CEA Saclay, Serv Phys Particules, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentmentales Univers, Direct Sci Mat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[25] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[26] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[27] Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res NIOZ, NL-1797 SZ T Horntje, Texel, Netherlands
[28] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany
[29] Dr Remeis Sternwarte, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany
[30] Univ Utrecht, Fac Betawetenschappen, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands
[31] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Hoge Energie Fys, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
[32] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
[33] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95125 Catania, Italy
[34] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95125 Catania, Italy
[35] Univ Geneva, DPNC, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[36] Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, R-77125 Bucharest 2, Magurele, Romania
[37] CNRS IN2P3, R-77125 Bucharest 2, Magurele, Romania
[38] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117218, Russia
[39] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[40] Leiden Univ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; neutrinos; ENERGY COSMIC-RAYS; GALACTIC MAGNETIC-FIELD; POINT SOURCES; ACCELERATION; PROPAGATION; SELECTION; LIMITS; FLUX;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/774/1/19
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A multimessenger analysis optimized for a correlation of arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and neutrinos is presented and applied to 2190 neutrino candidate events detected in 2007-2008 by the ANTARES telescope and 69 UHECRs observed by the Pierre Auger Observatory between 2004 January 1 and 2009 December 31. No significant correlation is observed. Assuming an equal neutrino flux (E-2 energy spectrum) from all UHECR directions, a 90% CL upper limit on the neutrino flux of 5.0 x 10(-8) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) per source is derived.
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